Molecular characterisation of enteroviruses and clinical findings from a cluster of paediatric viral meningitis cases in Tshwane, South Africa 2010-2011

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 400-405

  Wolfaardt, Marianne ^a   Büchner, Ané ^b   Myburgh, Marcelle ^a,c,d   Avenant, Theunis ^b   du Plessis, Nicolette M ^b   Taylor, Maureen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^d Ampath   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aseptic meningitis; Cerebrospinal fluid; Echovirus type 4; Real time RT PCR; South Africa

Indexed keywords

VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; COXSACKIE VIRUS; ECHO VIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLEOCYTOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS STRAIN; VOMITING; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; URBAN POPULATION; VIROLOGY;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AFRICA; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84908514237     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2014.08.001     Document Type: Article

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